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Pivetta scheduled to start for Boston against Chicago

Posted April 16, 2021 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Chicago White Sox (6-7) vs. Boston Red Sox (9-4)

Boston; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Dylan Cease (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Red Sox: Nick Pivetta (2-0, 3.27 ERA)

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox visit the Boston Red Sox on Friday.

The Red Sox went 11-20 at home in 2020. Boston pitchers had an ERA of 5.48 last year with a staff WHIP of 1.60.

The White Sox went 17-13 away from home in 2020. Chicago hit 96 total home runs and averaged 8.9 hits per game last season.

The teams meet for the first time this season.

INJURIES: Red Sox: Chris Sale: (elbow), Ryan Brasier: (left calf).

White Sox: Jace Fry: (microdiscectomy), Jimmy Cordero: (tommy john surgery), Dylan Cease: (health protocols), Eloy Jimenez: (left pectoral), Billy Hamilton: (leg), Adam Engel: (right hamstring).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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